Junior Illustrator

As part of the Creative and Art Service team, you’ll put a stylus to Cintiq and create  promotional art that represents the essence of a champion, thematic, or gameplay to  millions of players. You will use your artistic eye and keen understanding of dynamic  lighting, form, and color to tell concise and evocative stories. By closely collaborating  with a team of dedicated illustrators, visual designers, writers, animators and game  developers, you will help define and illustrate each champion’s unique place in our  universe 

As a Junior Illustrator on the Riot Games China Publishing Team, you will report to a Manager, Art Direction. In this role, you will bring a universe to life through key art  illustrations to be used across a variety of platforms, artwork in a variety of art styles as  they apply to different games and thematic such as League of Legends, League of  Legends: Wild Rift, Teamfight Tactics, Valorant, and Legends of Runeterra 

Responsibilities: 

• Competent craft quality executor with feedback 
• Operate autonomously and provide hands-on and verbal feedback to outsourcers  ● Consistently adheres to Style Guides  
• Active member of your craft community 
• Seeks growth with assistance from manager and team 
• Adheres to team rituals and deadlines and participates in their facilitation ● Develops solutions that improve team efficiency and quality of work 

Required Qualifications: 

• 1+ years’ experience in entertainment or marketing industry
• Skills in 3D/2D Software - Photoshop, Paint Tool SAI or other similar software
• Showcase ability to paint in a variety of art styles
• Experience with marketing creative development

Desired Qualifications: 

• Familiarity with League of Legends Characters, IP Universes and Lore ● Experience working in-house with creative teams
• Experience owning and effectively communicating about projects and workflow ● AAA Game Development experience
• Familiar with 3D tool such as Blender/ Maya/ZBrush,
• Experience in Visual Development or world building for games, film, or animation ● Familiarity with motion graphics pipeline

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience,  and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about the  experiences of players, this could be the role for you!